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TIL that "Chunk" from The Goonies is now an entertainment lawyer

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RKG9 TIL that Abraham Lincoln created the secret service just hours before he was assassinated.
Z87VB TIL that Portuguese soldiers used black swords in the Age of Discovery in order to not reflect the light and announce their presence on ships, avoiding also its rusting when used near salt water.
D1AjD TIL A group of feral cats is called a destruction
8aL68 TIL the flag patches on a soldier’s uniform are reversed to mimic a real flag that if being carried into battle would flow backwards in the wind when marching forward into battle. If it were displayed normally it would look like the soldier was retreating.
jWME TIL that the Burmese Python infestation in the Florida Everglades likely comes from the destruction of a 900 snake breeding facility during Hurricane Andrew in 1992